Keynote Address by Professor Martin Barker (author of The Video Nasties: Freedom and Censorship in the Arts) on House of the Edge of the Park + 6 UK theatrical premieres/exclusive cult screenings

To encompass an exclusive visit to Cine-Excess V by global cult legend Franco Nero, as well as an exclusive screening of the new 2011 cut of Cannibal Holocaust, with director Ruggero Deodato in attendance, the dates of this year’s event are being moved back until 26-28th May 2011. The Call for papers for this year’s event has also been extended to Thursday 31st March 2011, and we welcome submissions from academics, postgraduate students and cult scholars on the topic areas listed below.
Over the last 4 years, the Cine-Excess Cult Film Conference and Festival has brought together leading international scholars and critics with global cult filmmakers. Cine-Excess comprises of a 3 day conference alongside plenary talks, filmmaker interviews and 5-7 UK theatrical premieres of up and coming cult releases. The event also features its own dedicated DVD label, with recent releases including the official UK Blu-ray release of Dario Argento’s Suspiria (1977). A new director’s cut of Cannibal Holocaust (1979) is currently being completed in conjunction with Shameless Films for release in Summer 2011 and will be premiered at Cine-Excess V.

Previous guests of honour to the annual Cine-Excess event have included John Landis (An American Werewolf in London, The Blues Brothers, Trading Places), Roger Corman (The Masque of the Red Death, The Little Shop of Horrors, The Intruder, The Wild Angels, Bloody Mama), Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator, King of the Ants, Stuck) and Brian Yuzna (Society, Beyond Re-Animator, The Dentist), Dario Argento (Deep Red, Suspiria, Inferno) and Joe Dante (The Howling, Gremlins, The Hole.) Our keynotes have included Sir Christopher Frayling (Head of the Arts Council), Professor Mark Jancovich (University of East Anglia), Professor Martin Barker (University of Wales, Aberystwyth), Matt Hills (University of Cardiff), Professor Jeffrey Sconce (Northwestern University), Professor Chris Jenks (Brunel University) and Professor Richard Dyer (Kings College, London.)
Papers from Cine-Excess III are currently being developed into the book Screening the Undead to be published by I.B. Tauris. A Cine-Excess Journal is also under development and will publish further papers from Cine-Excess V.

Cine-Excess V focuses on the theme of the controversial cult image in its political, historical and aesthetic contexts. With the resurgence of critical interest in the 1980s ‘video nasties’, as well as whole new generation of films being subject to official state control, the cult image is now becoming a crucial index between the censor and the censored. In order to investigate this further, Cine-Excess V will consider global case-studies of the controversial cult image, looking at both their political and aesthetic particularities. The event will consider the cult image in a broad remit, focusing on a range of cult media and technologies, including film, television, games, comics, and digital media. Proposals are welcomed on, but not limited to, the following topics and areas:

For further information and regular updates on the event (including additional screenings) please visit www.cine-excess.co.uk or contact:

Xavier Mendik
Director of the Cine-Excess International Cult Film Conference and Festival
Director of the Cine-Excess DVD Label
School of Arts
Brunel University
Uxbridge
Middlesex
UB8 3PH
Xavier.mendik@brunel.ac.uk

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